QOTW: Purses and how should they be distributed Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
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I go over last weeks QOTW and propose the new QOTW. With the recent “Tanking’s” in fights, Kevin Johnson in particular, should the purses be contingent on how a fighter really performs? Does Clottey deserve the full purse simply because he “Survived”? Please tell me what you reckon. Comment, Rate and Subscribe!
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Comments
Dude as always you tread the razor’s edge of controversy like a prima ballerina! 2 thoughts – 1) I like the thought but it could prove hard nay impossible to implement like you said VERY subjective. 2) the more crap fights I watch the more I appreciate the excellent ones. I realise I am probably in the minority here but I do come from the country that brought you test match cricket rather than quick food. OUCH!
@bigragu I can see if you’re making a guy miss alot of punches when you’re trying to out box him, but you don’t take any energy away from your opponent anywhere as much when you make yourself turn into a heavybag like Eddie Chambers was doing. You make Klitschko miss that straight right hand, he’s going to bend down into it and you have to work quick before it’s too late.
@AdamGomez87 I like that. If a fighter is not there to fight why place him at risk of getting hurt.
@BigRagu simply place, call off the fight, write down “no contest” and that fighter doesn’t get paid because he’s not there to fight.
thats a well thought out strategy
@Adamski400 then my his own admission he tanked the fight!
Very excellent point, not thought about that before. I guess if your willing to hurt your reputation to get rich, then Clottey is willing to do that. Thing is he said Pacman never hurt him but he still stayed tucked up.. weird
@bigragu Yeah, I reckon it has a shot. My only issue is, I don’t want trainers to be financially rewarded for putting their fighter in harms way. I mean if a fighter needs to be pulled out, I don’t want them left in just for the extra purse. That being said I reckon that this would be a better option than exists now, especially with the incentive it gives for the KO if you’ve already lost a few rounds.
@AdamGomez87 A lot of words with no offer to help right those that lay down.
@shinypenny that looks do-able!
I reckon some of the purse should be performance related.
Instead of a 60:40 split for a voluntary defense, make it 50:30, with the remaining 20 being distributed as follows:
Winner by KO or TKO gets full 20%
If it goes to points:
Take rounds won per fighter (average of the three scorecards, 10-8 rounds count double)
If fighter A has 10 rounds (9 rounds, 1 with a knockdown) and fighter B has 3 rounds (no knockdowns) then the remaining 20% would go to:
A 10/13
B 3/13
I reckon it could work.
I have to say, I reckon they should get a full purse. They go through all of the training, they still take shots, they deserve the money,
Most boxers aren’t retiring with millions of dollars, give them their money.
Clottey looks like tarzan but fights like jane
There’s numerous ways to be defeated and one of them is the psychological factor in which you just snapped, lose your nerve just like Judah did low blowing Floyd, Oliver McCall crying against Lewis & Tyson biting holyfield. You should know that the mental game plays a larger role into this game than you reckon, like being KO’d in the mind instead of body and a guy that gets KO’d in the 2nd 3rd round shouldn’t get a paycut cause he fought like Retard Balboa to try and make sure every punch lands.
I know what you’re saying but your conclusion is as vague and lame as trying to say “lets base your paycut like judging is done with olympic scoring” This is all up to the promoters who has team Vitali go up against these piles of weak shit just like Lennox Lewis was overprotected fighting an ancient Tyson, an ancient Holyfield, no young prime McCline? >:( makes me wish it happened so McCline would KO him w/ a jab like Michael Grant.
It was all a psycological game and it was evident that they were easily crushed psycologically instead of physically where you’re tapped so hard that you’re out cold. Just to add another perspective, 15% physical and 85% mental and 85% of those fighters were already defeated
@bigragu
We may have a long wait for that.
@TheFinal So that people are competitively placed. Match making (by all parties, including Floyd, Pacquiao, Mosley.. any top figher) is based more on pay than actual even competition. What happened to number one contenders? Why would Manny, Floyd, or Bradley give up belts to take other fights? Pay days. Boxers deserve a lot of money for what they do, but boxing is not the same as it was and money is the root of that evil
@TheFinalRound1 @TheFinal You can’t say that. That’s completely untrue. Money is one of the largest reasons boxing is going down the toilet. Top Boxers continually worry more about what their millions and millions are going to look like rather than just take on the best competition. Other sports have salaries then, based on their performance (for the most part, of course it’s not really that, but you get the picture). Give Floyd and Pac top salaries next year. Make more tournaments. *cont*
@NaptownBorn Im telling you right now brother. Any probems Boxing has is not related to the money they make. Certain fighters have always made more money than others. You cant place subjectivity in performance and base pay on that. You’re just asking for problems.
@bigragu Well i can say this. I’ll rather see Clottey take the money, even if he tanked it, than Arum. And lets face it if Arum told Clottey you’re not getting paid he’d keep the money lol. As for funds for retired boxers I reckon the title orgs should fund them. They charge large fees to keep a belt that”s not even made of real gold.
@TheFinalRound1(cont.) If promoters had more regulation (as far as paydays were concerned) then there would possibly be less corruption, less dealmaking, and more competition. The reason some people bring in more than others is because they’re not promoted in the same way, even if they are a fantastic fighter. This QOTW, to me, is like asking what a Utopian payday for boxers would look like..
@TheFinalRound1 @TheFinalRound1 Well I don’t reckon the QOTW is based on reality is it? This is just speculative. But while we’re on the subject, promoters in general are half of the reason behind boxing’s downfall here in the US. It doesn’t seem to be dying out in other places around the world like it seems to be here. Being a huge draw in boxing means the promoters just want to squeeze every penny they can (and possibly the reason why Floyd/Pac didnt’ happen). (cont.)
@stargitar The money could go into a retired fighter’s medical fund or something like that.
@maruajana So, let me get this straight. I said Pacman would dominate the fight. I said he we too quick and would hit Clottey nearly at will. The only thing I missed was the KO prediction, which was impossible to predict Clottey’s survival mode of fighting. And that means I messed up? Go F*CK YOURSELF you sorry PIECE OF MONKEY SH*T!
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